Lansing has a fairly well-developed network of community gardens that span across the city, but none of the gardens are located in the Eastside’s Groesbeck neighborhood.
Groesbeck neighbors want to change that, and are in the middle of a campaign to add a community garden to the section of multi-family housing located on the southern edge of the neighborhood in Slater Park.
“The park is currently unused for anything other than open space,” says Matt Brinkley with Lansing Township. “It was originally intended to be used as a soccer field, but it was never quite made for that purpose.”
Brinkley thinks the proposed garden could accommodate 20 gardeners.
“We have this large open space and we’re thinking about away to create additional amenities for the neighborhood residents in the surrounding communities,” he says.
Brinkley is looking for funding to start the garden, which he hopes to have up and running in the spring. For more information about the garden, please email Brinkley.
Source: Joan Nelson, Allen Neighborhood Center
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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